Belt base



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BELT BASE Filed July 29, 1948 INVENTOR ATTO R N EY Patented July 15, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE H ""i' 'maa I {BE B S William Eaton, Glen Head, N. Y. Application July 29, 1948, Serial No. 41,252

s clean This invention relates to wearing apparel, particularly belts, and especially to a base for a. belt;

A principal object of theinvention isthe projvision of a base for a belt which will b of such:

construction that a person of slight manipulative skill may, using a selected covering material, easi- 7 1y form a suitable belt for wear with a particular garment and do this without the use of compli-f cated tools or those requiring training to use.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the description of the particular physical embodiment selected to illustrate the invention progresses and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail and the particular physical embodiment selected to i1lus;-. trate the invention, reference will be had to the" in the direction of the arrow at the ends of the" line; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device of Fig. l placed in position on a fragment of material with which it is desired 'to cover the base to make a belt; Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a step'in the process of making the covered belt; Fig. 5 shows in perspective a fragment of a finished belt; Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view of a fragment of completed belt illustrated'by Fig. 5 on the plane indicated by the line VIVI viewed in the direction of the arrows at the ends of the line; Fig. 7 is a view corresponding to Fig; 1 of a modified form of base; and Fig. 8 is a view'of a fragment of a further modified form of base.

It is quite generally known by those who desire to have a belt covered with material matching or harmonizing with the garment with which it is worn that such belts must be custom made and are therefore expensive. It is further known that the ordinary unskilled woman is quite unable to satisfactorily form a belt with the materials and devices usually to be purchased.

My present invention is designed to assist and enable the unskilled woman to make a belt covered with a desired material with the very least trouble without the use of tools requiring skill and in a minimum of time at very little expense.

To enable the unskilled woman to make a belt covered with the desired material, I provide what I call a base. A fragment of this base is shown as a whole in Fig. l and designated as a whole by B. Thisbase, in the particular and preferred form illustrated, includes a strip or ribbon of major width 1. This strip l is preferably a woven material of such a nature that it has very little stretch longitudinally and is preferred of, a somewhat greater-thickness than the other layers associated therewith to be hereinafter described and acts as a stiffening strip. The upper surface of this layer, as viewed in Fig. 1, may well coated on the under side with a heat sensitive adhesiv 4 and are attached to strip l by laying them. thereon and passing a hot body pressed against the material longitudinally along the strips. The strips 2 and 3 are made of a quite flexible material as it is necessary to fold each of the strips upon itself. i i

'On top of the strip I, I place a strip 5 of teX-. tile material' and attach strip 5 to strip I along a narrow'zone along the longitudinal median or center-line of strip 1 and strip 5; I do this by passing a hot body pressed against the strips and bearing solely on the narrow zone 6 and thereby attach strip 5 to strip I by reason of the heat sensitive adhesive 1 on the under side of strip 5 and 0 also by reason of the heat sensitive adhesive upon the upper surface of strip I if such .is applied thereto. '1 consider the strip 5 as of medium width as it is, preferably, slightly narrower than strip I.

When a woman receives the base B and desires to form a belt therewith, the base B is laid down on a strip 8 of selected covering material of a length corresponding to the length of the finished belt or slightly longer. When the base B has been placed upon the covering material 8 and suitably adjusted thereon, a hot body, such as an ordinary iron, is passed along each strip 2 and 3 bearing against the entire surface of each of strips 2 and 3, each being manipulated separately and independently. In passing the iron along either strip 2 or strip 3, care must be taken to lift up the free edges of strip 5 so that it is not under the iron or in contact therewith. The above described procedure attaches base B to the material 8 by reason of the heat sensitive material 4 on the under sides of strips 2 and 3. When the base B ha been secured to the covering material 8, the material is trimmed along the outside edges of strips 2 and 3.

The next step is to turn the material attached haps more clearly in Fig. 6 wherein it" will be.-

seen that the covering material 8 has been folded into the V-shaped notches 9 together with the strip 2 and the strip 3.

an ordinary iron, is pressingly passed over the top of strip thereby causing the heat sensitive adhesive on the under side of strip 5 to adhere. to

the dress material 8 and to hold all parts firmly not so that it will not show when the belt is.

worn. This is the reason for preferring strip 5. to be. slightly narrower than strip I.

If a. heat sensitive material coating is placed With all parts in the. position as shown in Fig. 6, a hot body, such as.

onthe upper, face of strip I. then when the iron taching it. to anydesired covering material, provl'desia guide forv suitably cutting thev covering, material. to thefproper size, requires very slight manipulative skill to. turn in the edges, provides a gauge, so. as to speak, to limit the-degree of in-turning as the maximum amount of in-turn ing. is determined by the contact of strips 2 and 3 with the base of the V-shaped notches- 9,.and all. parts are firmly and permanently caused to adhere together by the use ofa simple hot-iron,

Although the form as shown in Fig. 1 is my preferred form, it is also possible to secure, results. quite the equal. of those to be secured. by

use. of the form as shown in Fig. 1 by using the modified form as shown in Fig. 7. Inthis form the-strip of major width I i corresponding to strip I of Fig. 1 has a narrow strip. II attached thereto as by a heat sensitive adhesive and then the strip 5 is attached to strip I I by a heat sensitive adhesive along the longitudinal line and in a zone corresponding to the width of the very narrow strip I I. 1

In Fig. 8 I have shown a further modified form of stri I. This modified strip I2 takesthe place of strips I, 2 and 3 of Fig. 1. This strip I2 is woven in accordance with well understood methods so that the weave between line I3 and line I4, through the strip, is relatively heavy and coarse. and non-stretchable and not as flexible as the side portions I5 and I6 integrally woven therewith. Side portions I5 and I6 correspond in general characteristics with the strips as 2 and 3, are coated like 2 and 3, and are naturally foldable along the lines I3 and I4 so that a base formed using the modified structure of Fig. 8 would consist of two strips only, the strip I 2 and a strip corresponding to 5 of Fig. 1 along its longitudinal center line attached in a narrow zone 4 as by a heat sensitive adhesive just as the device of Fig. 1 is formed.

Heat sensitive adhesives are very old and well known and may be purchased on the market. A very suitable one would be a vinyl resin dissolved in a suitable solvent such as acetone, ethyl acetate or butyl acetate and made thin enough to readily spread.

Although I have particularly described one particular physical embodiment. ofinvention and explained the construction thereof, nevertheless, I desire to have it understood that the form selected is merely illustrative, but does not exhaust the. possible physical embodiments of the idea of means underlying my invention.

What Iiclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A belt base comprising four strips of materiahone strip of major width, two strips of minor width, one of the minor width strips attached to one. of the lateraledges. of the major width strip, thev other. minor widthstrip attached to the other lateral; edge of. the major width strip, and each minor widthstrip provided with a coating of heat fusible adhesive, a fourth strip of medium width attached. along its longitudinal median line to the longitudinal median line-of the major width strip and said. fourth strip provided on the surface facing in the same. direction as the coated faces of the minor widthstrips with a coating of heat fusible adhesive.

2. A belt. base comprising material forming a base strip, saidstrip provided. with adhesive adjacent the marginal edges thereof, said stripincludinga longitudinally extending central stiffening ..portion.of a lesswidtlr than the total Width offthe base strip, a, further material stri attached only along a narrow zone along its median longitudinal line to only a narrow zone along the median longitudinal line of the saidstiffening portion leaving free surfaces, one on each side of the attaching zone, said free surfaces provided with: heat fusible adhesive and being juxtaposed to-the said base strip.

3. A- belt base consisting of two material strips, the first of said strips being of a one-piece construction and having a stiff longitudinally extending central portion and non-stretchable marginal portionsv of a material more flexible than the central portion, said marginal portions coated. with a heat sensitive adhesive, the second. ofthe said two strips being narrower than the first said. strip and coated on its under surface with a heat sensitive adhesive, the said second. strip attached to the first mentioned strip along a narrow zone disposed only along the median line of. both said strips by the heat sensitive. adhesive of the respective strips.

WILLIAM EATON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,802,243 Fisher Apr. 21, 1931 2,125,838 Stark Aug. 2, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 546219 Great Britain July 2, 1942 

